Index. 



653 



Plants, the support of animal life, 8. 



water required by, 2. 

 Planting corn, influence of thickness in 



164. 



Poisoning from cotton seed, 157. 

 Pork, influence of feed on quality of, 614. 

 lean, demand for, 609. 

 production at the South, 682. 

 skim milk and whey fed, quality of 



588. 



Potassium chlorid, feeding of, to cows, 432. 

 Potato, 212. 



boiled vs. grain for pigs, 595. 

 for cows, 430. 

 for pigs, 568. 



steamed, for horses, 306. 

 vs. hay for horses, 306. 

 Potential energy of food nutrients, 38. 

 Prehension, 12. 

 Prickly comfrey, 217. 

 Protein, 10. 



influence of, on fat formation, 57. 

 potential energy of, 38. 

 the source of fat, 55. 

 Protein and carbohydrates, influence of 



feeding, on fat formation, 58. 

 Protein and fat, influence of feeding, on fat 



formation, 57. 

 Protein compounds, 6. 

 Protein consumption, 42. 



influence of amides on, 48. 

 influence of carbohydrates on, 44. 

 influence of carbohydrates fed with 



protein on, 46. 

 Influence of fat on, 44. 

 influence of mixed diet on, 44. 

 influence of salt on, 49. 

 influence of various nutrients on, 44. 

 influence of water on, 49. 

 Protein feeding, exclusive, 42. 

 Protein nutrition, 24. 

 Protein, see Nitrogenous substances. 

 Pulp, sugar beet, 222. 

 Pulse, frequency of, in farm animals, 22. 

 Pumpkin, 217. 



Pure-bred steers, quality of, 378. 

 Range cattle, fattening, 397. 

 Rape, for milch cows, 428. 

 for pigs, 579. 

 for sheep, 502. 

 second crop for sheep, 505. 

 use of, 218. 



vs. blue-grass pasture for sheep, 504. 

 Rations, calculating, 102. 



fed by American dairymen, 113. 



fed by Connecticut dairymen, 113. 



fed to Paris Omnibus Co. horses, 309. 



for army horses, 332. 



for dairy cows, 478. 



for farm animals, calculating, 102. 



for fattening lambs, 528. 



for fattening steers, 396. 



for horses, 308, 331. 



for streetrcar horses, 3C2. 



Rations, for work horses, 301. 

 fuel value of, 115. 



influence of character of, on milk, 437. 

 influence of feed prices on economy of, 



446. 



liberal and meager, for milk produc- 

 tion, 437. 



theoretical, for fattening steers, 393. 

 wide and narrow, for cows, 437, 445. 

 influence of, on growth and fatten- 

 ing, 88. 

 Red clover, 196. 



yield of three crops of, 196. 

 see Clover. 

 Redtop, 187. 

 Rennet, 15. 

 Rennet stomach, 16. 

 Respiration, 23. 



exchange of gases in, 23. 

 per minute in farm animals, 23. 

 Respiration apparatus, 32. 



digestion trial with ox in, 34. 

 illustration of use of, 33. 

 Respiration studies, 32. 

 Reticulum, 16. 

 Rice grain, parts of, 143. 

 Rice and its by-products, 143. 

 Rice meal for pigs, 567. 

 Robertson mixture, for silage, 253. 

 Roots, dry matter in, 251. 

 feeding of, 214. 

 for cows, 477. 

 for horses, 308. 

 for pigs, 570. 

 for steers, 354, 384. 



modification of animal carcass by, 214. 

 preparation of, 244. 

 storing of, 214. 



vs. concentrated feed for cows, 429. 

 yield of, 250. 

 Root crops, not generally grown, 215. 

 yield of, 211. 



yield of digestible nutrients, 212. 

 Roots and tubers, 211. 



see Beets, Turnips, Carrots, etc. 

 Roughage, 97. 



for cattle, steaming of, 236. 

 for fattening sheep, 5-3. 

 Rumen, 16. 

 Ruminants, gastric digestion of, 16. 



withholding coarse forage from, 94. 

 Ruta-bagas, 213. 

 for horses, 308. 

 or cows, 474. 

 vs. barley for pigs, 588. 

 vs. centrifugal skim milk for pigs, 586. 

 boiled, as a substitute for oats, 297. 

 flye and barley vs. wheat bran for pigs, 594.. 

 Rye and its by-products, 132. 



as stock feeds, 132. 

 lye or barley vs. Indian corn for pigs, 591- 

 Rye shorts vs. grain for pigs, 503. 

 Saliva, composition of, 14. 

 secretion of, 14. 



